English
progesterone
Progesterone comes from German Keton ‘ketone’, from Latin gestō ‘to bear, to carry’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestōas gestāre‘to bear, to carry’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKeton‘ketone’
- English1500–presentketone
- Englishtodayprogesterone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gezō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgerō‘carry, bear’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgestōas gestāre‘to bear, to carry’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKeton‘ketone’
- English1500–presentketone
- Englishtodayprogesterone
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
act, action, active, activity, actual, agency, actor, agent, strategy, suggest, agenda, essay, acre, activate, ambiguous, squat, agony, agile, ambiguity, agility, assay, agrarian, antagonist, agitation, axiom, radium, digestion, actuator, antagonism, agonist, agitate, antagonize, cogent, actuation, digestible, samaj, glucagon, stratagem, inexact, exigent, 140 more
through Latin gerō ‘carry, bear’
register, suggestion, gesture, digest, congestion, belligerent, ingestion, ingest, agger, gerund, gestion, 14 more
through Latin gestō ‘to bear, to carry’
through German Keton ‘ketone’
through English ketone
Today it means
noun A steroid hormone, secreted by the ovaries, whose function is to prepare the uterus for the implantation of a fertilized ovum and to maintain pregnancy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / progesterone